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Auction: 22075 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 65

India General Service 1895-1908, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Cook Nadir Ali 23rd Peshawar Mn By Frontier Force), good very fine

The 23rd Peshawar Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) was raised in January 1853, one of its first officers being Lieutenant Frederick Sleigh Roberts - later Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar VC &c. Subsequently forming part of the Punjab Irregular Force and armed with four 3-pounder guns and four 4.5-inch howitzers, they made a name for themselves due to their numerous exploits on the Northwest Frontier.

Sold with a card index note stating: "Our own Battery - presented Col. Bateson Dec: '45".

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Sold for
£150